Western Australian Current Acts

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995 - SECT 5.89

5.89 .         Offence to give false or misleading information

                A person must not, in relation to a disclosure under section 5.65, 5.70, 5.71, 5.71A, 5.87A or 5.87B or a return lodged under section 5.75 or 5.76, provide information in written or oral form that the person knows to be —

            (a)         false or misleading in a material particular; or

            (b)         likely to deceive in a material way.

        Penalty: $10 000 or imprisonment for 2 years.

        [Section 5.89 amended: No. 2 of 2016 s. 38; No. 16 of 2019 s. 42.]